Weather Records on 12 April 1969

352 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 1969. Highest significance: Jal, US.

Key Facts for 12 April 1969

On 12 April 1969, 352 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 339 daily.
Jal set a monthly record daily precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 12 April 1969.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

352 stations

352 station records on 12 April 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jal	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tiptur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rocksprings	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Gaviao Peixoto (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kolaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sloan	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfalls 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sanklespur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Estacao Experimental	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pecos	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnarajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McCamey	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Omalur	India	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karnes City 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton 10 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sanderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
La Huacana	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Fortaleza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jaguarari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grapeland	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Laredo	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Austin-Camp Mabry	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kharagpur India Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

352 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 237, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 12 April 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 12 April 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 339.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

297 broken records

Margins by which the 297 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 1969

Top 20 records on 12 April 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 1969	Jal, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1969	Tiptur, IN	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1969	Cuero, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1969	Rocksprings, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1969	Quesnel, CA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1969	Mtn View 91, US	daily rain	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1969	Usina Gaviao Peixoto (Cpfl), BR	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1969	Ashley, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1969	Bay City Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1969	Muleshoe #1, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1969	Kolaghat, IN	daily rain	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1969	Eagle Pass 3N, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1969	Fredericksburg, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1969	Sloan, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1969	Menard, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1969	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1969	Alice, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1969	Grandfalls 3SSE, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1969	Lampasas, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1969	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1969. 1969 had 352 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1810	1
1812	2
1817	2
1826	1
1831	1
1845	1
1850	1
1854	1
1865	2
1866	2
1868	4
1869	5
1871	1
1873	1
1874	5
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	4
1881	1
1882	1
1885	2
1889	4
1890	10
1891	3
1892	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	3
1903	10
1904	11
1905	19
1906	24
1907	5
1908	10
1909	16
1910	15
1911	26
1912	48
1913	88
1914	41
1915	125
1916	37
1917	33
1918	40
1919	39
1920	148
1921	34
1922	48
1923	134
1924	69
1925	178
1926	347
1927	179
1928	145
1929	141
1930	638
1931	267
1932	253
1933	551
1934	531
1935	171
1936	277
1937	236
1938	175
1939	1,174
1940	1,407
1941	869
1942	191
1943	614
1944	423
1945	884
1946	347
1947	733
1948	1,496
1949	358
1950	638
1951	1,102
1952	455
1953	707
1954	424
1955	611
1956	382
1957	910
1958	542
1959	513
1960	314
1961	551
1962	510
1963	518
1964	363
1965	659
1966	520
1967	682
1968	717
1969	352
1970	568
1971	587
1972	1,316
1973	903
1974	822
1975	704
1976	1,076
1977	1,069
1978	533
1979	1,096
1980	611
1981	1,068
1982	852
1983	877
1984	671
1985	734
1986	1,350
1987	606
1988	1,369
1989	1,838
1990	946
1991	1,484
1992	1,000
1993	586
1994	1,375
1995	1,173
1996	994
1997	3,094
1998	1,409
1999	873
2000	784
2001	1,369
2002	600
2003	1,079
2004	964
2005	536
2006	796
2007	1,144
2008	1,015
2009	811
2010	935
2011	1,026
2012	666
2013	1,039
2014	597
2015	504
2016	595
2017	519
2018	868
2019	685
2020	1,150
2021	710
2022	1,862
2023	1,262
2024	1,086
2025	1,281
2026	622

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	265
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1